Rheumatoid arthritis and cancer risk

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1753-1757

  Mellemkjaer L ^a   Linet, M S ^b   Gridley, G ^b   Frisch, M ^c   Moller H ^d   Olsen, J H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d Centre for Research in Health and Social Statistics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Follow up study; Hospital discharge register; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0006050423     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(96)00210-9     Document Type: Article

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